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Offline TheBaron

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #180 on: August 17, 2017, 10:58:13 PM »
Yes "Happy Pappy", you will be too rich by 14.2% WITH CARBS,,,,however, most modern EFI systems take into account the local air pressure and adjust automatically...

We old school types still have to swap out jets to keep things in the sweet spot.

As to the fact that many vehicles slow down after running several miles, the basic reason is quite simple...Heat Soak...

Assuming that nothing is wrong with a vehicle mechanically, an engine will continue heating for quite a while till thermal equalization is met where the heat output equals the cooling available in all the components...

For every 11 degrees F that the intake fuel/air charge heats up,,, a 1% power loss is experienced....

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #181 on: August 17, 2017, 11:34:28 PM »
Hey Tug Boat and others that might be interested in this stuff, :-D

The SP on the timing tag should be referring to the STATION PRESSURE which is a local barometric pressure number that is not corrected to sea level. Regardless of what the timing tag shows, you can go to the website http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=BFLAT&unit=0&timetype=LOCAL and check the time of day closest to your run and look for PRESSURE and that will be the local STATION PRESSURE and is a quite accurate number that we the taxpayers are paying for to be well taken care of (the equipment) and the measurements taken at that station is on the salt flats. 8-)

Of course what it doesn't show is the conditions of the salt itself. There is also a live webcam on there as well.  :roll:

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #182 on: August 17, 2017, 11:57:35 PM »
Johnboy (Speed Limit 1000) just lost the handle on the Bockscar just past the 2 mile and kinda spun then rolled it a few times.  Ron tells me that he's out of the car and walking around - Ron's got binoculars.

We're on hold.

I am doing fine. Moving good for a beat up old man :cheers:

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #183 on: August 18, 2017, 01:02:21 AM »
Johnboy (Speed Limit 1000) just lost the handle on the Bockscar just past the 2 mile and kinda spun then rolled it a few times.  Ron tells me that he's out of the car and walking around - Ron's got binoculars.

We're on hold.

I am doing fine. Moving good for a beat up old man :cheers:

Johnboy


Good to hear. 

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #184 on: August 18, 2017, 01:11:10 AM »
Glad you're ok.  How's the car look?

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #185 on: August 18, 2017, 05:43:30 AM »
If anyone is in touch with the appropriate SCTA person, could you ask them to add the 'Daily Runs' info for August 15 to the SCTA-BNI website please.  Both long and short course lists are currently missing.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #186 on: August 18, 2017, 11:14:01 AM »
Patrick Beales, rider on bike 35, just went down at aboutthe 2 1/4.  No information yet on his condition - rescue and course workers are out there now.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #187 on: August 18, 2017, 11:20:48 AM »
Jon: Ron may have his mic too far from his mouth, but at least he switches his on!  Your voice is distinctive so we can just about hear you are talking in the background.  :roll:

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #188 on: August 18, 2017, 11:43:09 AM »
Jon,  Glad to hear you are ok---hopefully the car came out as well
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #189 on: August 18, 2017, 12:20:57 PM »
Rob Freyvogel just hurt the trans during a run and pulled out about the 2. 

Qualifying ends in less than an hour.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #190 on: August 18, 2017, 01:35:22 PM »
Slim:

Did Buckeye Bullet make a return run this morning?  If so, could you please pass the numbers along? Thx!
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #191 on: August 18, 2017, 01:42:01 PM »
Nope - Buckeye Bullet did not run today.  No idea why not - especially after yesterday's qualifier.

We're on the one hour break between the end of qualifying and the return runs.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #192 on: August 18, 2017, 02:11:16 PM »
  I'm sure I've missed it somewhere. Has Target 550 done anything ?  Thanx.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #193 on: August 18, 2017, 02:53:13 PM »
Thanks to Slim and Ron and everyone else involved. 

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Re: SpeedWeek 2017 - the event!
« Reply #194 on: August 18, 2017, 03:17:13 PM »
Target 550 made a pass, I was at the starting line. R It was really thundering, then (just my opinion) sounded to me like it broke a shaft or belt, etc. Sounded like one engine was overreving and one was still pulling, then shutdown. A day or so later, Tuesday, they left.

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